Synopsis
The sequel to the spellbinding Northrop Hall After the horrors of the First World War, which has destroyed so many families and altered forever the world in which they live, the Arndales - like so many others - must start again. Northrop Hall itself has been turned into a rehabilitation home for returning soldiers, under the direction of Diana's tireless husband James. Diana is proud of James - of his vision and determination - and she is happy to work alongside him. Yet she mourns the fact that their marriage has borne no children, and that James seems more devoted to his work than he is to her. So when Sebastian, the love of her teenage years, reappears in her life, she cannot help wishing that fate had organised things differently...